The Press Gazette reports TE Jermichael Finley’s play in the second half of the season appears to have convinced the Green Bay Packers to bring him back for about $8.25 million in salary and bonuses in 2013. Finley, 25, has one year left on the two-year, $14 million contract he signed last February, when the Packers re-signed him based more on potential than performance in his first four seasons in the NFL. HC Mike McCarthy in his season-ending press conference Tuesday endorsed Finley to a degree that almost certainly means the tight end will be back next season. “I really felt Jermichael Finley was a different man, a different player from the bye week on,” McCarthy said. “I had an opportunity to talk to him about that at length in his exit interview, so I feel very good about the way he finished the year. He did some good things Saturday night (at San Francisco). There was a change in that young man.”

I looked at his overall performance on Pro Football Focus and what he puts on the field is not worth what he is making or the headaches he gives a team. I wouldn't want him if he comes available. We should use our cap wiser.